Yemen Update

From 1991-2001 I edited Yemen Update, the bulletin of the American Institute for Yemeni Studies. Some of the articles are archived online. My articles in Yemen Update are the following:

2004
Sailing Seasons in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean: the View from Rasulid (13th-14th Centuries) Aden. Yemen Update 46:10-15. [Imaginary voyage based on the travels of Ibn al-Mujâwir and Rasulid texts; first given as lecture at the British Museum.] Online pdf: http://www.aiys.org/yemen-update-no-46-2004.html

2000
Yemen Geographicalized (review article).Yemen Update 42:63-67. [Critical review of April 2000 article in National Geographic.] Online pdf: http://www.aiys.org/no-42-2000/88-yemen-geographicalized.html

1998
After New York . . . Before Sanaa: A Postmodern Lufthansa Lullaby. Yemen Update 40:24-28[Reflections on consulting trip to Yemen in 1998.]Online pdf: http://www.aiys.org/no-40-1998/106-after-new-york-before-sanaa-a-postmodern-lufthansa-lullaby.html

 

1997
Why a Peach is not a Plum . . . An Author Responds to a Review That's the Pits. Yemen Update 39:42-45. [Response to an uncritical review of my 1994 book.]

 

 

 

 

 

1996
The Arabic Anthology of al-Malik al-Afdal: A Window on the Literary World of a 14th Century Yemeni Sultan. Yemen Update 38:19-23. [Survey of this important Yemeni manuscript, eventually published in facsimile by myself and G. Rex Smith.]
The Study of "Medieval" Yemen: Recent Work and Future Prospects. Yemen Update 32:10-13.

1995
The Queen of Sheba as You Never Knew Her. Yemen Update 36. Online pdf: http://www.aiys.org/no-36-1995/142-the-queen-of-sheba-as-you-never-knew-her.html

 

 

 

1992
A Trip to the Hadramawt. Yemen Update 30/31:16-20. [Reflections of a 1992 consultancy for GTZ on Indigegnous plant protection methods in Yemen.] Online pdf: http://www.aiys.org/no-30-31-1992/138-a-trip-to-the-hadramawt.html

1991
Observations on the Baboons in the Garden of the "Bostan Restaurant." Yemen Update 28/29:11-14. [Reflections on a visit to a Sanaa restaurant in 1991]. Online pdf: http://www.aiys.org/no-28-29-1991/118-observations-on-the-baboons-in-the-garden-of-the-qbostan-restaurant.html

 

1988
Biological Diversity for North Yemen.Yemen Update 24:1,6. Online pdf: http://www.aiys.org/no-24ā-1988/198-wildlife-conservation-for-north-yemen.html

1989
Media Mediocrity in the Coverage of Yemen. Yemen Update 25:9. [Short critical response to two newspaper articles on Yemen.]Online pdf: http://www.aiys.org/no-25-1989/201-media-mediocrity-in-the-coverage-of-yemen.html